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Yonge, Charles Duke, 1812-1891

"The Constitutional History of England from 1760 to 1860"


Canning, Lord, grants the right of adoption to the Hindoo feudatories.
Canning, Mr. G., attacks the appointment of the Chief-justice to a seat
in the cabinet; becomes Prime-minister;
dies;
his opinion on the question in which House of Parliament the
Prime-minister should be.
Caroline, Princess of Brunswick, marries the Prince of Wales;
investigations into her conduct;
she dies.
Cave, Mr., punished for publishing reports of debates.
Census established.
Charlotte, Princess, birth of.
Chartists, rise of;
outrages of, at Birmingham and Newport.
Chatham, Earl of, Secretary of State in 1760;
Lord Privy Seal in 1767; supports Lord Rockingham's resolution on the
expulsion of Wilkes;
denies the power of the Parliament to tax America.
Church reform, sketched out by Sir Robert Peel;
earned by Lord Melbourne's ministry.
Clarence, Duke of, opposes the abolition of the slave trade;
his leaning toward the Whigs.
Clarendon, Earl of, omits to reply to the despatch of the French
minister.
Clergy, Roman Catholic, question of endowing the.
Colborne, Sir John crushes the insurrection in Canada.
Colonies, general grant of constitutions to, in New Zealand, the Cape,
and Australia.
Commons, House of privileges of, with respect to money bills.
Conventicle Act, repeal of.


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